Category: Visual Studio Code

The end of Power Pages? (As we know it?)

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Every week new features and techniques are dropping not only from Microsoft but other vendors. One of the latest movements is getting agents to utilize “skills” to execute and complete tasks. Microsoft has just released to public preview a Claude code plug-in with skills to build, configure, and deploy Power Pages single page applications. Announcement:Build… Continue reading The end of Power Pages? (As we know it?)

Power Pages: Cache Conquered!

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A very common question that comes up while configuring Power Pages is how to get around cache issues. Using Power Pages Server logic, there is now an official way to skip the cache! Power Pages caching 101 Power Pages uses caching to store Dataverse data locally to improve website performance by reducing traffic between the… Continue reading Power Pages: Cache Conquered!

Power Pages: Bring your own code! (Tutorial)

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Introduction At the Power Platform Community Conference in Las Vegas, low-code (as we know it) was declared dead. In Power Apps, we’ve seen Generative Pages, Code Apps, and now vibe.powerapps.com as new ways to take the ultimate form of “low code” (that being natural language) to generate pro-code (usually being TypeScript or JavaScript with the… Continue reading Power Pages: Bring your own code! (Tutorial)

Power Pages single-page apps: Create a “Hello World!” website

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Power Pages has a lot of great features to build powerful websites that are directly connected to business data in Microsoft Dataverse. Makers can build web pages with static content as well as data connected components such as lists and forms that are based on model-driven Power Apps forms and views. To further extend your… Continue reading Power Pages single-page apps: Create a “Hello World!” website

Five forgotten features of Dataverse

Posted in Azure, Cloud, Common Data Service, Dataflex Pro, Dataverse, Dynamics 365, low-code, Microsoft Outlook, Model Driven PowerApps, Power App, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power Platform, Power Platform Admin Center, PowerApps, PowerBI, SSRS, Visual Studio CodeLeave a comment

If Microsoft Dataverse were a human, they would now be legally old enough to vote, drive, and drink alcohol. The feature is more than just a database, it truly a Common Data Service (it’s previous name) that evolved from the data layer that was part of Dynamics CRM since 2002. Over the years, Dataverse has… Continue reading Five forgotten features of Dataverse

Power Pages Actions in Visual Studio Code

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Two years ago I posted about the features within Visual Studio Code to create assets in Power Pages. Since that time the team at Microsoft has added more features to allow developers to be more productive when extending Power Pages websites using HTML, JavaScript, Liquid, CSS, etc. To be effective using Visual Studio Code, this… Continue reading Power Pages Actions in Visual Studio Code

Power Pages: Cache test dummies

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What is Power Pages caching? Sooner or later, while you are configuring a new Power Pages website, you are going to run into the concept of caching. What is it, why does it matter? And why does Nick Hayduk post memes about it? Caching in web applications refers to storing frequently accessed data (such as… Continue reading Power Pages: Cache test dummies

Power Pages: conditional display, site markers, and Liquid filters

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Using Liquid in Power Pages allows you to create code to conditionally display both static and dynamic content based on certain conditions. A very simple example of this would be this piece of Liquid code that you can place in the source of a web page, web template, or a content snippet: The above code… Continue reading Power Pages: conditional display, site markers, and Liquid filters

Power Pages: convert standard to enhanced data model

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The enhanced data model has now been GA for a while and I know for all my new projects, we are using by default the enhanced data model. However, there are many “legacy” portals still using the standard data. Microsoft has recently (finally) released a tool to migrate the website metadata from a standard to… Continue reading Power Pages: convert standard to enhanced data model

Copilot for Power Pages Pro-developers!

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There seems to be a Copilot popping up everywhere in Microsoft products these days. (I am eagerly waiting for the Notepad Copilot!) The latest Copilot to make an appearance now surfaces in Visual Studio Code (desktop) while editing and configuring a Power Pages website. Writing code for Power Pages has sometimes proven to be a… Continue reading Copilot for Power Pages Pro-developers!